Open Source Intelligence May Be Changing Old-School War

Intelligence collected from public information online could be impacting traditional warfare and altering the calculus between large and small powers...

tours.johnpowersphotography.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-2561863

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

WordPress WordPress Dev Powers – Element Selector jQuery Powers Plugin plugin <= 1.0.1 - Toggle The Debug Mode via Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Toggle The Debug Mode via Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF vulnerability discovered in WordPress WordPress Dev Powers – Element Selector jQuery Powers Plugin plugin versions = 1.0.1. Solution No patched version available...

WordPress WP Dev Powers – Display Screen Dimensions to Admin Plugin plugin <= 1.0.1 - Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability

Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability discovered in WordPress WP Dev Powers – Display Screen Dimensions to Admin Plugin plugin versions = 1.0.1. Solution No patched version available...

WordPress WordPress Dev Powers – ACF Color Coded Field Types Plugin plugin <= 1.0.1 - Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability

Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability discovered in WordPress WordPress Dev Powers – ACF Color Coded Field Types Plugin plugin versions = 1.0.1. Solution No patched version available...

WordPress WP Dev Powers – Display Screen Dimensions to Admin Plugin plugin <= 1.0.1 - Toggle The Debug Mode via Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Toggle The Debug Mode via Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF vulnerability discovered in WordPress WP Dev Powers – Display Screen Dimensions to Admin Plugin plugin versions = 1.0.1. Solution No patched version available...

WordPress WordPress Dev Powers – Element Selector jQuery Powers Plugin plugin <= 1.0.1 - Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability

Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability discovered in WordPress WordPress Dev Powers – Element Selector jQuery Powers Plugin plugin versions = 1.0.1. Solution No patched version available...

Backdrop CMS 1.20.0 - 'Multiple' Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Exploit Title: Backdrop CMS 1.20.0 - 'Multiple' Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF Exploit Author: V1n1v131r4 Date: 2021-09-22 Vendor Homepage: https://backdropcms.org/ Software Link: https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop/releases/download/1.20.0/backdrop.zip Version: 1.20.0 Tested On: Kali Linux,...

Backdrop CMS 1.20.0 Cross Site Request Forgery / Command Execution

Exploit Title: Backdrop CMS 1.20.0 - 'Multiple' Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF Exploit Author: V1n1v131r4 Date: 2021-09-22 Vendor Homepage: https://backdropcms.org/ Software Link: https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop/releases/download/1.20.0/backdrop.zip Version: 1.20.0 Tested On: Kali Linux,...

Backdrop CMS 1.20.0 - Multiple Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Exploit Title: Backdrop CMS 1.20.0 - 'Multiple' Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF Exploit Author: V1n1v131r4 Vendor Homepage: https://backdropcms.org/ Software Link: https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop/releases/download/1.20.0/backdrop.zip Version: 1.20.0 Tested On: Kali Linux, Ubuntu 20.04...

The UK Is Secretly Testing a Controversial Web Snooping Tool

The country passed its Investigatory Powers Act in 2016. Now, its building what could be the most powerful data collection system used by any democratic nation...

Contact Tracing COVID-19 Infections via Smartphone Apps

Google and Apple have announced a joint project to create a privacy-preserving COVID-19 contact tracing app. Details, such as we have them, are here. It's similar to the app being developed at MIT, and similar to others being described and developed elsewhere. It's nice seeing the privacy...

GHSA-8JHX-9GF4-HHF5 Consul gem insufficient authentication check - Multiple powers in one controller are not always checked correctly

With the consul ruby gem before 1.0.3, if a controller checks multiple powers using :if or :except conditions, these conditions are erroneously applied to all power checks in that controller. This can lead to skipped power checks and hence unauthenticated access to certain controller actions...

Consul gem insufficient authentication check - Multiple powers in one controller are not always checked correctly

With the consul ruby gem before 1.0.3, if a controller checks multiple powers using :if or :except conditions, these conditions are erroneously applied to all power checks in that controller. This can lead to skipped power checks and hence unauthenticated access to certain controller actions...

Defining Counterintelligence

I've written about counterintelligence CI before, but I realized today that some of my writing, and the writing of others, may be confused as to exactly what CI means. The authoritative place to find an American definition for CI is the United States National Counterintelligence and Security...

How a national cybersecurity agency can help avoid a national cybersecurity quagmire

This last October we saw more countries than ever participate in initiatives to raise cybersecurity awareness. What was once largely a US approach has evolved into events and initiatives around the world by governments, civil society groups, and private sector partners. This increased breadth and...

Microsoft will Inform You If Government is Spying on You

Following in the footsteps of Twitter, Facebook and Google, Microsoft promises to notify users of its e-mail Outlook and cloud storage OneDrive services if government hackers may have targeted their accounts. The company already notifies users if an unauthorized person tries to access their Outlo...

Government Could Hack Children's Toys to Spy on You

Smartphones, Smart TVs, Smart Watches, Cell Phone Towers, Messaging services… but now, What's Next? Smart Toys? Yes, probably. Tech expert is warning that 'Smart Toys' could now be used by the government intelligence agencies to spy on suspects. As part of the Investigatory Powers Bill, children'...

UK Prime Minister wants to Ban Encrypted Messaging Apps

The terrible terrorist attacks in France forced the British Prime Minister David Cameron to consider banning the popular encrypted online messaging apps like Snapchat, CryptoCat, WhatsApp and Apple’s iMessage unless the companies don't give the UK government backdoor access to their encrypted...

National Security Letters Challenged in Ninth Circuit Court

In the Ninth Circuit Court in San Francisco Wednesday morning, the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s EFF Kurt Opsahl urged the federal appeals court to uphold a lower court’s ruling that national security letters NSLs are unconstitutional. Regardless whether the ruling is upheld, the matter of NSL...